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Creative Bloq
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Joe Foley

This nostalgic Flash game remake is so pretty... and so grim

Gretel & Hansel video game art made with watercolours.

Anyone who was a fan of Flash games on Newgrounds in around 2010 is likely to remember Mako Pudding's Gretel & Hansel Part 1 and Part 2. The games were inspired by the Brothers Grimm fairytale Hansel and Gretel, but they made Gretel the hero.

But the real star was the games' art style, with watercolour-painted art perfectly capturing the twisted magic and beauty of the fairytale inspiration – and for depicting the games' macabre humor (see our guide to the best watercolour paints if you want to pair these with the best game development software).

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